1.   And, sure, he spent Wednesday in Chicago pumping wind into his rhetorical drive for tougher education standards.

2.   Bigger classes and lower education standards are predicted as teachers are sacked to save money.

3.   All the best-performing nations have clear national or federal education standards and expectations.

4.   Bush softened the voucher aspect of the plan by including offers of an undisclosed amount of money and assistance to schools that fail to meet minimum education standards.

5.   Cogen called for national education standards to prod all American schools to improve their performance.

6.   Education standards have changed, along with standards of professionalism.

7.   Education standards for paraprofessionals hired with Title I money hve been minimal, because their work is supposed to be directed by qualified educators.

8.   Elementary schools were hit particularly hard, because their pupils are not required under state education standards to receive art or music instruction.

9.   Fox has set ambitious goals for raising education standards and for creating better-paying jobs.